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#107-How to File a Complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center

With cyber threats on the rise worldwide, the US citizens need to know what steps they can take when they find out they have been victim to a cybercrime. The FBI Cyber Division was established in 2002, 11 years after the world wide web was made public , to protect the US citizens from threats in the cyber world. We can understand the ability of the bureau to neutralize cyber threats and why such ability is necessary if we go through the Department of Justice Audit Report 11-22 . The executive summary mentions, “Computer systems integral to the infrastructure, economy, and defense of the United States are under constant attack by a growing array of adversaries”. Who are these adversaries? The following part is redacted but it is not difficult to guess who they are. Terrorists, organized criminal gangs, people with some twisted sense of freedom … the list is long. The report goes on to mention that in 2008 alone, the Department of Homeland Security published information about 5,499 intr...